 Hello, my name is Emily. Thank you for joining me for some yoga. Today, we're going to work on some winter yoga. It's December in Vermont. I'm still waiting for some snow, so hopefully it will come soon. I've got my mystery bag in the corner, and I've got some blocks that we can jump on. If you don't have blocks, that's all right. Just grab something that you can jump on that's not going to slip on the floor. So today we'll have our normal routine. We'll do our namaste song, extended stretch, sun salutation, and then a little dance movement with some yoga poses mixed in. We'll end with the mystery bag, some breath work, shavasana, and then our closing. All right, so let's get started. I always love to start with our hug breath. So if your little one is close, let's give them a big hug. Inhale, take a big breath and hands together in front of the heart. Namaste, namaste, this is the way we start out. The light in me honors the light in you. No. Let's get into our sun salutation. Let's take a big breath in, reaching for the sky. And exhale, hug, maybe playing with the snow. Breathing in, reaching for the sky, playing with the snow. Now hands come down to the ground and we're going to jump back or step back into plank pose. Ready? We're gonna go plop right into the snow. Now snake pose, bringing my chest off the ground. Oh, one cold snake. And then for your doggies at home, let's do downward facing dog. If you'd like to bark, feel free to bark. If you'd like to wag a tail, wag a tail, but make sure you get your other tail too. Untill our hands and knees into tabletop position, dropping the belly, lifting the head, breathing in. Ah, exhaling, head comes down, back comes up, opposite. We're gonna come up on our toes and do our bouncy kicks. Very nice. Another friend who may not be very happy with this cold weather, I will come into our froggy pose and feel free to help your little one jump up towards the sky on the count of three. Would you like to do that again? One, two, and feel free to do another froggy jump. Get a little warm after that sun salutation. I'm going to put my boots on, my hat, scarf, jacket, and go for a walk. Walking, walking, walking, walking, walking, hop, hop, hop, hop, running, running, running, running, running. Now let's stop, now let's stop. Let's put our binoculars on, take a look around us, this beautiful snowy day. Do some snow clouds. You're going to get into the cloud position with me. Oh, all the snow is falling down, falling down, falling, must be winter. Oh, should we shovel? Take a shovel and scoop it up, scoop it up, scoop it up, take a shovel and scoop it up. It must be winter. Sledding. Let's come down into snake pose. I'm going to get on my belly and just like our snake pose, I'll lift my chest. Mmm, but let's see if you can also lift your feet off the ground. Take a sled and sled on down, sled on down, sled on down. Take a sled and sled on down. Coming to a seated position, it must be winter. I think I could go for another walk. How about you? I'm going to put my boots on. Let's go. Walking, walking, walking, walking, hop, hop, hop, running, running, running, running, running. Now let's stop, now let's stop. Put my binoculars on, take a look around. This bear looks like he's skiing. Oh, so I'm going to use some blocks to create a little path. And like I said before, if you don't have blocks, you can create a little path with anything you might have, as long as it's not too slippery. Now here we go, skiing with a bear by the banks of the Winooski River. Down by the banks of the old Winooski there was a bear with not one but two skis. With a swish, swish, ski, ski, ski, this is fun. Bring configurations with our blocks. You might want to hold your little one's hands just in case. Let's go a little faster. Down by the banks of the old Winooski there was a bear with not one but two skis. Whoa, with a swish, swish, ski, ski, ski. This is fun. Look at me, woo! Break out my mystery bag and we'll see if you can guess what's inside. Can you help me? What's inside the mystery bag? The mystery bag, the mystery bag. What's inside the mystery bag? Tell me, do you know? I wonder if you'll guess this. What do you think? Then we're going to pretend there's snowmalls. Oh, uh-oh. Should we play snowmall tops? You can start really close and we'll just practice tossing it back and forth with your little one. And if you catch it, maybe step back and see, whoa, how far you can get. Also might as well have a snowball fight. Oh, oh no! Watch out! Oh, I don't know about you. I made you feel a little cold. So I think I'm going to come inside and get a nice hot beverage, maybe a tea or maybe some cocoa. All right, cocoa in one hand. Maybe put your hand on the bottom to support it. Let's have cocoa, let's have cocoa. Hot, hot, hot. We have to cool it down. Now we have to cool it down. Deep breath in, deep breath in. So we're blowing the steam off the top when we do that. Whoo, let's take a big breath in together. Oh, the steam across the top of the mug. You can even take a big sniff through your nose. If you can't have cocoa, maybe we can have a cup of tea. Let's have tea, let's have tea. Hot, hot, hot. Hot, hot, hot. Cool it down. Now we have to cool it down. Deep breath in, deep breath in. That's breathing through our nose. You know, let's take a sip. After getting cold and having my cocoa, might need to take a little rest. So feel free to lay down in a comfortable position or if you want to do your legs up the wall, I'll bring my side up to the wall and then lay down. And this way, I can work my legs up and then turn my body. Now if you're a little one's close, you can bring your little one right on you for a big hug. Let's get a few deep breaths here. And whenever you're ready, bring our legs to the floor and come into a comfortable sitting position. Let's end with our namaste song. So we'll take a deep breath in. Hands coming to heart. Namaste, namaste. This is the way we end our yoga day. Honors the light in you. Thank you for joining me for some yoga. I hope you have a lovely winter season.